Patterns of clay mineral diagenesis in interbedded mudrocks and sandstones: An example from the Palaeocene of the North Sea

International Association of Sedimentologists Special Publications

Volumn , Issue 34, 2002, Pages 129-145

  Shaw, H F ^a   Conybeare, D M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; DIAGENESIS; MUDSTONE; PALEOCENE; SANDSTONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 1842660126     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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